UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
PART D: WRITING
I. AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
1. Language focus: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- know more about the purposes and activities of some popular festivals
- know how to write a paragraph describing a festival
2. Skills: Writing + Reading/Listening/Speaking
3. Attitudes: Ss are eager to write about popular celebrations in VN
II. PREPARATION
1. Teacher: - Teaching aids: Lesson plan, text book
- Teaching method: Communicative language teaching
2. Students: - Read Unit 8 - writing at home
III. PROCEDURE:
1. Class organization (1 minute)
2. Check – up (5 minutes) - Talk about new year celebration in Japan
3. New lesson (35 minutes)
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
1. Pre – writing
- Ask students to work in pairs, brainstorming about a
popular celebration in Vietnam.
- Give suggestions:
name of the festival/ time of the festival
purpose of the festival/ main activities of the festival
your feeling about the festival
- Check and give feedback
- Work in pairs
- Listen to the teacher
2. While- writing
- Have students write a paragraph (100-120) describing a
popular celebration
- Peer correction
- Ask students to write the second draft
- Ask two students to write on the board
- Correct mistakes and give feedback for the whole class
- Collect student’s papers, give comment and correct some
serious mistakes
- Write the paragraph
- Exchange and correct mistakes for
their partners
- write the second draft.
- Write on the board
- Listen and note down
- Listen and note down
3. Post – writing
- Ask sts to work in groups, talk about their favorite
festival
- Call on some students to present in front of the class
- Give feedback
- Work in groups
- Present in front of the class
- Listen to the teacher
4. Consolidation (3 mins) - New words and vocabulary
- How to describe a celebration
5. Homework: (1 min)- New words and vocabulary
- Finish the writing at home